THEY SEE NOW, MORE THAN EVER, THAT HERE IN AMERICA, ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE." RIGHT NOW ON WJCL 22 MORNING NEWS.. A DAY OUR NATION HAS NEVER SEEN.. IS FINALLY HERE. A HISTORIC CEREMONY .. ONLY HOURS AWAY. A CHANGE OF POWER AT THE SUPREME COURT. I'M AMY LU IN WASHINGTON, WHERE KETANJI BROWN JACKSON WILL BE SWORN-IN TODAY AS A TURBULENT COURT TERM ENDS. NEW POLL RESULTS.. SHEDDING LIGHT ON WHAT WE COULD SEE.. IN HIGH-PROFILE GEORGIA RACES. POLITICAL EXPERTS SHARE - *WHY A CANDIDATES - *PROMISING POLL NUMBERS.. ARE NOW LAGGING. THE STANLEY CUP WAS SITTING RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME. I SAID, CAN I LOOK AT IT? CAN I TOUCH IT? STANLEY CUP LOST AND FOUND. HOW ONE OF THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS PIECES OF HARDWARE IN THE SPORTS WORLD.. ENDED UP ON A STRANGERS DOORSTEP. FIRST.. LET'S TAKE A LIVE LOOK AT SHELTER COVE COMMUNITY PARK ON HILTON HEAD ISLAND. THANKS FOR STARTING YOUR DAY WITH WJCL 22 NEWS. GOOD MORNING - - I'M EMMA HAMILTON. AND I'M FRANK SULKOWSKI. METEOROLOGIST JONATHAN MYERS IS JOINING US NOW .... NOW, HERE'S YOUR STORM TRACKER RADAR... TODAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY, MAINLY BETWEEN 12PM AND 4PM, THEN SHOWERS LIKELY AND POSSIBLY A THUNDERSTORM AFTER 4PM. MOSTLY CLOUDY, WITH HIGHS 84-88. LIGHT AND VARIABLE WIND BECOMING EAST 5 TO 9 MPH IN THE MORNING. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION IS 50%. NEW RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN A TENTH AND QUARTER OF AN INCH, EXCEPT HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE IN THUNDERSTORMS. THURSDAY NIGHT A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, MAINLY AFTER 10PM. MOSTLY CLOUDY, WITH A LOW AROUND 74. SOUTHEAST WIND 5 TO 8 MPH BECOMING CALM AFTER MIDNIGHT. NEW RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN A QUARTER AND HALF OF AN INCH POSSIBLE. FRIDAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY. MOSTLY CLOUDY, WITH A HIGH HWY 80 AT PINE BARREN RD IN POOLER "IT HAS TAKEN 232 YEARS AND 115 PRIOR APPOINTMENTS FOR A BLACK WOMAN TO BE SELECTED TO SERVE ON THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES.. CLAPS... BUT WE'VE MADE IT." A *HISTORIC DAY FOR OUR NATION. JUSTICE KETANJI BROWN JACKSON.. BECOMING THE - *FIRST BLACK WOMAN SWORN INTO THE U-S SUPREME COURT. THIS ALSO MARKS THE END.. OF ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SUPREME COURT TERMS. AMY LU REPORTS FROM WASHINGTON ..WHERE THE CEREMONY IS TAKING PLACE. JUDGE KETANJI BROWN JACKSON WILL BE SWORN IN TODAY AS THE 116TH JUSTICE. VO) THE 51 YEAR-OLD WILL BECOME THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN ON THE HIGH COURT. JUSTICE STEPHEN BREYER, WHO'S 83, SENT PRESIDENT BIDEN HIS RESIGNATION LETTER YESTERDAY, TO TAKE EFFECT AT NOON. HE AND CHIEF JUSTICE JOHN ROBERTS WILL ADMINISTER THE TWO OATHS TO JACKSON DURING THE SWEARING-IN CEREMONY. JACKSON AND BREYER HAVE SIMILAR JUDICIAL PHILOSOPHIES. THIS WON'T CHANGE THE MAKEUP OF THE 6-3 CONSERVATIVE COURT. BREYER PREVIOUSLY SAID HE'D RETIRE AT THE END OF THE TERM. WE EXPECT TO SEE THE FIVE STILL UNDECIDED CASES TODAY. (REPORTER LIVE TAG: THOSE INCLUDE DECISIONS CONCERNING POLLUTION REGULATION AND THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION'S IMMIGRATION POLICIES. IN WASHINGTON, I'M AMY LU. ALL NEW THIS MORNING ...THE GRANDMOTHER OF THE UVALDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MASS SHOOTING SUSPECT..IS OUT OF THE HOSPITAL. POLICE SAY THE GUNMAN SHOT HER IN THE HEAD.. JUST BEFORE HE WENT TO THE SCHOOL.. AND KILLED 21 PEOPLE. AUTHORITIES SAY THE 66 YEAR OLD WOMEN... HAS BEEN IN THE HOSPITAL FOR NEARLY A MONTH. THEY SAY THE ONLY REMAINING PATIENT FROM THE SHOOTING IS A TEN YEAR OLD GIRL... WHO HOSPITAL WORKERS SAY IS IN GOOD CONDITION THE DEATH TOLL.. FOLLOWING THE GRUESOME DISCOVERY INSIDE A SEMI-TRACTOR TRAILER IN TEXAS.. IS GROWING. OFFICIALS SAY AT LEAST 53 PEOPLE ARE DEAD... AND FOUR PEOPLE ARE BEHIND BARS.. FACING CHARGES. AUTHORITIES FOUND THOSE MIGRANTS INSIDE THAT TRUCK ON MONDAY. THEY SAY TWO SUSPECTS SMUGGLED THE MIGRANTS ACROSS THE BORDER... AND THE TWO OTHERS -- WHO ARE MEXICO CITIZENS -- ARE CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT OF POSSESSION OF A WEAPON BY A PERSON ILLEGALLY IN THE U-S. "I NEVER THOUGHT THAT I WOULD BE HERE TO SEE (GETS EMOTIONAL) HIM BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE ATROCIOUS THINGS THAT HE DID TO CHILDREN." THIS MORNING .. DISGRACED R- AND-B SINGER R- KELLY'S LAWYERS SAY THEY'RE PLANNING TO APPEAL HIS THIRTY- YEAR SENTENCING. A JURY CONVICTED KELLY ON FEDERAL RACKETEERING AND SEX TRAFFICKING CHARGES LAST YEAR. KELLY IS NOW EXPECTED TO BE TAKEN TO CHICAGO .. WHERE HE FACES A FEDERAL TRIAL FOR CHILD PORNOGRAPHY AND OBSTRUCTION CHARGES. WE NOW KNOW W-N-B-A STAR BRITNEY GRINER'S RUSSIAN TRIAL IS SET TO START TOMORROW. GRINER HAS BEEN IN JAIL OVERSEES FOR MORE THAN SIX MONTHS. SHE WAS ARRESTED FOR ALLEGEDLY HAVING CANNABIS OIL IN HER LUGGAGE WHEN TRAVELING IN THE COUNTRY. HER LAWYER SAYS A JUDGE DECIDED ON MONDAY.... GRINER MUST STAY IN JAIL... AS HER TRIAL PLAYS OUT. SHE'LL FACE TEN YEARS IN PRISON IF FOUND GUILTY. LATER THIS MORNING .. ON GOOD MORNING AMERICA... EXPERTS ARE PREDICTING WHAT'S AHEAD IN THIS TRIAL AND THE EFFORTS TO BRING GRINER BACK HOME. NOW TO COMMITMENT 2022 NEWS... AND A SHAKE-UP IN THE POLLS. A NEW QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY POLL OF REGISTERED GEORGIA VOTERS ...GIVING US A CLOSER LOOK AT THE U-S SENATE RACE BETWEEN SENATOR RAPHAEL WARNOCK AND HERSCHEL WALKER. ACCORDING TO THE POLL ... DEMOCRAT INCUMBENT RAPHAEL WARNOCK ... HAS OPENED UP A TEN- POINT LEAD ... OVER HIS REPUBLICAN CHALLENGER HERSCHEL WALKER OUR GREG COY ASKED A POLITICAL EXPERT THE FACTORS PLAYING INTO THE LEAD. WELCOMED NEWS FOR THE SENATOR RAPHAEL WARNOCK'S REELECTION CAMPAIGN FROM A POLL CONDUCTED DURING THE LAST WEEK OF JUNE. (SOT W/TIM MALLOY/POLLING ANALYST QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY @ 00 :01 : 55/RT:07) "OUR POLL IS SAYING WARNOCK IS UP BY 10 POINTS. BACK IN DECEMBER HE WAS DEAD EVEN." WHY THE CHANGE IN POLITICAL POLLING FORTUNE? MALLOY BELIEVES THE RECENT WEEKS OF HERSCHEL WALKER'S NEGATIVE HEADLINES INVOLVING MULTIPLE CHILDREN OUT OF WEDLOCK HAS TAKEN A TOLL. ACCORDING TO THE QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY POLL OF NEARLY 15- HUNDDRED REGISTERED VOTERS, WARNOCK HAS STRONG SUPPORT AMONG INDEPENDENTS, BLACKS, WOMEN, AND YOUNG VOTERS. (SOT W/TIM MALLOY/POLLING ANALYST QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY @ 00 :01 : 32/RT:07) "WARNOCK IS WAY, WAY AHEAD ON HONESTY, LEADERSHIP, AND EMPATHY, CARING ABOUT GEORGIA VOTERS. ESPECIALLY HONESTY." ACCORDING TO THE POLL TAKEN DURING JUNE 23 THROUGH JUNE 27TH, WALKER BASE APPEARS TO BE OLDER VOTERS, MEN AND WHITES. THE RESPONDENTS ALSO TOLD THE POLLSTERS THAT GUN VIOLENCE, ABORTION AND ELECTION LAWS ARE NOT THEIR TOP CONCERN. (SOT W/TIM MALLOY/POLLING ANALYST QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY @ 00 :02:37RT:04) "INFLATION, 41-PERCENT IS THEIR NUMBER ONE CONCERN." WHICH FITS INTO THIS JUNE 11-THROUGH 16TH POLL SENT TO ME BY THE WALKER CAMPAIGN. IT SHOWS 67 - PERCENT OF VOTERS DISAPPROVE OF PRESIDENT BIDEN'S HANDLING OF THE ECONOMY. ACCORDING TO THE WALKER POLL OF 800 VOTERS "THE RACE IS A DEAD HEAT." KEEP IN THE MIND, THE ELECTION IS STILL 7 MONTHS AWAY. (SOT W/TIM MALLOY/ POLLING ANALYST HANDLING OF THE ECONOMY. ACCORDING TO THE WALKER POLL OF 800 VOTERS "THE RACE IS A DEAD HEAT." KEEP IN THE MIND, THE ELECTION IS STILL THAT WAS OUR GREG COY REPORTING. HE ALSO ASKED THE WARNOCK CAMPAIGN ABOUT THE QUINNIPIAC POLL ... THEY DIRECTED HIM TO ONE OF THE CANDIDATES RECENT TWEETS. IT READS ... "THERE ARE GOING TO BE POLLS IN ALL DIRECTIONS ... OVER THE COURSE OF THIS CAMPAIGN. THE RACE WILL BE CLOSE ... WHICH IS WHY WE CAN'T TAKE ANYTHING FOR GRANTED." THE QUINNIPIAC POLL ALSO FOUND ... THE GEORGIA GOVERNOR'S RACE IS A DEAD HEAT. AS YOU CAN SEE... 48 PERCENT OF VOTERS SUPPORTING *BOTH REPUBLICAN INCUMBENT BRIAN KEMP ... AND DEMOCRATIC CHALLENGER STACEY ABRAMS. ALL NEW THIS MORNING ... A WILD STORY .. ABOUT ONE OF THE STANLEY CUP... ACCIDENTALLY DELIVERED TO A *RANDOM PERSON'S HOUSE. KIT KARBLER, NEIGHBOR OF GABRIEL LANSDESKOG: MY ADDRESS IS ONE DIGIT OFF THE ACTUAL ADDRESS FOR DELIVERY // THE STANLEY CUP WAS SITTING RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME. I SAID, CAN I LOOK AT IT? CAN I TOUCH IT? AND HE WAS LIKE, SURE. THEY WERE VERY FRIENDLY. // IT'S A ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY. THERE'S SO MUCH MORE TO THIS UNBELIEVABLE STORY. FIND OUT MORE ON GOOD MORNING AMERICA.